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STONEWALL INSIDER MARCH 2018 EDITION #7

MARCH MADNESS AT STONEWALL!!

STONEWALL NOW

RANKED #1 IN BOX

TOPS COLLECTING

Thanks to a big team effort

from all students and par-

ents, Stonewall is now

ranked #1 in our area! We

rank #6 in Kentucky and

134th in the nation(out of

97, 283 schools)!! The other

top schools in Kentucky are:

LCA, Rose Elementary, Julius

Marks, Collins Elementary

(Frankfort), and Warner

Elem.(Nicholasville). This is a

HUGE accomplishment!! Re-

member that collecting Box

Tops means big earnings for

our school! Thus far this year

Stonewall has earned

$2600.00! Our school’s life-

time earnings total $34, 246!!

Big thanks to every student

that donates Box Tops or

goodies for the treasure

chest! Keep them both

coming...let’s stay on top!!

BIG BLUE READER

VISITS STONEWALL

KINDERGARTEN

UK Football Quarterback,

Stephen Johnson, scored a

a big touchdown with

Stonewall kindergarteners

in February! Quarterback

Johnson read several sto-

ries about football and the

UK Wildcats to all 5 kin-

dergarten classes. After-

wards he answered ques-

tions, took pictures, and

signed autographs for the

kids! Stonewall presented

Mr. Johnson with a com-

plimentary Stonewall Stal-

lions t-shirt as thanks for

his volunteer reading!

What a wonderful guest

and role model for the

students! Go Big Blue!

STUDENT TALENT & VARIETY SHOW!

Friday, March 30th —6:30-8pm!

Info and entry form inside newsletter!

IMPORTANT REMINDER!

SCHOOL IS IN SESSION 3/16!

*Weather Make-Up Day*

CHIPOTLE SPIRIT NIGHT!

THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 13th!!

4-8 pm/Fayette Mall location!!

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MARCH 2018 STONEWALL INSIDER EDITION #7

NISHAD JOSHI PLACES 1ST IN REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR!!

The Central Kentucky Regional Science Fair was held this past Saturday, 3/3rd at Dunbar High School.

Congratulations to Nishad Joshi for placing 1st in his category and also receiving the Broadcomm Award!

Nishad now advances to the Kentucky State Science Fair to be held at EKU on March 24th!!! Best of luck!

Winners from both the district and regional fairs are shown below! Congratulations! Stonewall proud!

STUDENT NEWS

THIRD GRADERS “GRILLIN’ WITH GATLIFF

WELCOME BACK “ZACH ATTACK”..WE MISSED YOU!

Husain Ghuneim– KAW Award

District Science Fair

Nishad Joshi-1st place-District Fair

1st Place– Regional Fair

Sydney Hurst & Holly Marshall

2nd Place—District Science Fair

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STAFF PROFILES MONTHLY PROFILES OF STONEWALL’S FINEST


SPECTACULAR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER KATE HENDRIE

Teaching History: 2 years teaching/1st year at Stonewall!

Favorite Hobby: Tennis, yoga, traveling, and learning languages!

Favorite Book: Wonder by R.J. Palacio!

Favorite Restaurant: Lyle’s BBQ!

SENSATIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER KIMBERLY PENN

Teaching History: 28 years teaching/5 years at Stonewall!

Favorite Hobby: Scrapbooking!

Favorite Book: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe—all-time favorite book!

Favorite Restaurant: Pizza Inn!

WONDERFUL PARAPROFESSIONAL CATHY GREER

Teaching History: 12 years as a paraprofessional/4 years at Stonewall!

Favorite Hobby: Cooking!

Favorite Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

Favorite Restaurant: J. Alexanders!

FANTASTIC PARAPROFESSIONAL ANGELA JUSTICE

Teaching History: 14 years teaching preschool/1st year at Stonewall!

Favorite Hobby: Hiking, camping and watching her kids play sports!

Favorite Book: I’ll Love You Forever!

Favorite Restaurant: Chick-Fil-A!

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AMAZING PARAPROFESSIONAL MICHELLE JONES


Favorite Hobby: Reading, writing & calligraphy!

Favorite Book: The Happy Hockey Family…”My now teenagers and I still tease

each other with quotes from the book…”I have a ballon. Do you have a balloon? I

have a balloon. ***POP!!!***”...love that book!”

Favorite Restaurant: Texas Roadhouse!

INCREDIBLE PARAPROFESSIONAL MELINDA VANOVER


Favorite Hobby: Watching her boys play baseball and her daughter perform with

the color Guard at Lafayette!

Favorite Book: Books about animals and any book by Jan Brett!

Favorite Restaurant: Qdoba and Texas Roadhouse!

WONDERFUL CLERICAL LIBRARIAN SUPPORT STAFF MARY McCLELLEN

Support Staff History: 23 years/ 23 years in the Stonewall library!!

Favorite Hobby: Reading, sewing, and spending time with her grandson!

Favorite Book: Children’s book: Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson!

Adult book: Any book by Lisa Scottoline!

Favorite Restaurant: Hacienda!

*Staff features are now appearing in random order now that all grade level teachers have been featured*

TERRIFIC PARAPROFESSIONAL LORRI DUPREY


Favorite Hobby: Spending time with my twin grandbabies!

Favorite Book: Are You My Mother?

Favorite Restaurant: Malone’s!

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CLASSROOM INSIDER WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM!

KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten is learning all about animals and is

excited to publish an informational writing piece

on an animal of their choice!

Math: Addition/subtraction

Reading: Working on becoming fluent readers

FIRST GRADE

Reading: Identifying words that express feelings

Writing: Listening to others’ ideas to help add de-

tails to our topic

Math: Working on fluency in addition and subtra-

tion math facts/learning strategies to solve word

problems

Unit on animals and insects—amazing creatures!

SECOND GRADE

Reading: Compare & contrast

Word work: Irregular plurals

Grammar: Irregular verbs

Math: Geometry(lines & angles)

THIRD GRADE

Continued study of Iditarod

Celebrating with “Dress Like a Musher Day” where

students spend the day completing fun science &

social studies tasks that are Iditarod related!

FOURTH GRADE

Reading/writing: Theme/main idea & details

Language Arts: Homophones

Science: Energy transfer

Math: Decimals and geometry

FIFTH GRADE

Reading/writing: Using key ideas/details to de-

scribe shared experiences. Students will write an

information article and analyze themselves using

their writing rubrics

Math: Geometry—classifying shapes and measuring

angles

Social Studies: “Westward Expansion” unit

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Math: I can identify the missing addend

Reading: I can read cvc words & sight words in a

sentence

Writing: I can write a complete sentence with

capitalization, spaces, and punctuation

*Levels of study according to grade*

*Student Report Cards*

Will Be Sent Home With All Students

On March 23rd

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A NOTE FROM OUR PTA PRESIDENT

JANUARY 26TH

Spring is in the air, Stonewall families! Our PTA and school community have so many wonderful events planned for the coming month. March is National Reading Month and Stonewall will cel-ebrate with our annual Book Fair (March 5th -9th). On March 13th, we will have our monthly Spirit Night at Chipotle (mall location) from 4-8 pm. We end the month with our Show Us Your Talent Show (March 30th 6-8 pm). Please see the newsletter for more information about how you can register for this event (you must submit your talent show form to Mr. Gatliff by THURSDAY, MARCH 22rd for consideration).

Looking forward, we wanted to extend an invitation to all our Stonewall parents/guardians, to consider becoming a PTA officer for the 2018-19 school year. We NEED lots of new faces, new ideas and new energy to keep our organization representative of our school and moving in inno-vative directions. If you’d like to see what we’re all about, please join us for our next monthly on Monday, March 19th @6:30 in the library. Children are always welcome, snacks will be provided and we limit the meetings to one hour. This is a great way to see the many things PTA does for our school! Please see the last page of the newsletter for a list of available 2018-19 positions.

Five reasons to become involved in PTA:

It’s good for your student! Research shows that children whose parents are involved in their school make better grades and have fewer disciplinary problems at school.

It’s important to the school. We create a caring and supportive atmosphere.

You’ll get connected. There’s no better way to know what’s going on at school than to be a member of PTA.

You’ll be part of a great network. PTA is a great resource for families on a variety of topics.

You’ll make a difference!

As always, please let me know if you have questions or concerns.

Amy Recktenwald, [email protected]

GREAT FOOD AND GREAT FUN AT FEBRUARY’S CHICK-FIL-A SPIRIT NIGHT!!

THIS SPIRIT NIGHT MADE A PROFIT OF $353!

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ATTENTION STONEWALL STUDENTS!! SHOW US YOUR TALENT!!!

Stonewall Talent/Variety Show

Friday, March 30th Time: 6:30-8:00 pm

We invite Stonewall students to come out on the night before spring break and entertain us! The PTA will provide popcorn and water. You may brown bag your dinner if you like.

Students need to sign up IN ADVANCE. Each student who signs up will be given 3 minutes to entertain. Participants must return the bottom of this form TO THE FRONT OFFICE by MARCH 22 so that Mr. Gatliff can sign off on your performance.

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Talent Show Sign Up:

Name:___________________________________

Teacher: _________________________________

Email: __________________________________

Talent: __________________________________

Song name: ______________________________

(if applicable)

contact [email protected] with questions

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Getting to the Top of Box Tops

Congrats again to Stonewall students for reaching the #1 spot in Fayette County Box Tops collecting!!!

Collecting is done by students and parents….but who is the mastermind behind the collecting?? Meet Bruce Moore, also known as Stonewall’s “Box Top Guru”! Par-ents and students alike can find Bruce around the school doing a little bit of every-

thing...actually A TON of everything!!

Bruce has been an active sub/volunteer since the 2007 school year. He can been seen from dusk to dawn at the school. Whether you have met him or not you’ve defi-

nitely seen him! And on top of all he contributes to administration and classrooms, he is Stonewall’s Box Tops Coordinator! Bruce researched Box Tops and determined that with some good organization and dedication

Box Tops donations could bring in some big funds to the school.….year to date is $34,276!!! WOW!!!

Box Tops collecting began back in 2008! In 2015 Bruce took over Box Tops and began motivating students and parents to donate—$14, 207 has been earned under his leadership! He also provides leadership to 5th grade students that manage the donation table every morning! We thank Bruce for his dedication to this

wonderful project! It not only raises funds for the school but teaches Stonewall students about pride, responsibility and leadership!

February Box Tops Winners

• February’s Theme was “Just Like Ninjas, We Find Box Tops!”. The 2nd graders dominated this contest!

• Ms. Warren’s 2nd grade class won the Grimaldi’s Pizza Party for February!

• The February staff Box Tops contest for a $25 Grimaldi’s Pizzeria went to Mr. Gatliff! The gift card for the March staff contest will be from Massage Envy!

• Maura Witt in Ms. Moore’s 5th grade class won the big, stuffed red dog for guessing the exact number of Box Tops in a container!

MORE BOX TOPS NEWS!

Thanks to all Stonewall students and parents for continued Box Tops donations!

Stonewall wouldn’t be #1 without all of your efforts!!!

Keep

Donating

Box Tops!

Let’s keep our #1 spot!

Log on to

BTFE.COM

to enter

contests!

Bruce Moore with his grandkids

Aubrey(3rd gr.) and Jaxon(1st gr)

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A BIG TURN OUT FOR “LOVE FOR THE ARTS” NIGHT!

Thanks to the PTA and all of the MANY volunteers that made “Love For The Arts” another big success!

Special thanks to Aseel Aziz-Gomez for organizing this event!!

Bravo to Ms. Worley for the endless hours put in to showcase the TREMENDOUS student artwork!!

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March 2018

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Exploration Walk

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Central KY Re-gional Science Fair

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Book Fair Be-gins

Hat Day

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Crazy Sock Day

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Wear UK Blue

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Reading is Grand! Book Fair Event

6:30-8pm

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Book Fair Ends Wear Stonewall Col-ors/shirts

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Spirit Night at Chipotle (mall) 4-8 pm

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PTA Meeting

6:30 pm

(library)

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Talent Show registration deadline

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Report Cards

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26 Stonewall Neighbor-hood Association Meeting

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SBDM Meeting 5pm

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30 Popcorn Day Nomination deadline for SBDM/PTA elec-tion Talent Show 6:30-8 pm

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A THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED STONEWALL STAFF

Thank you for working so diligently to keep students safe.

Thank you for implementing new safety rules and welcoming suggestions.

Thank you for making student safety your number one priority.

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STONEWALL NEEDS YOU!

Please consider joining the Stonewall PTA Executive Board or running for SBDM Council for the 2018-2019 school year. Involvement in your child’s school is one of the best ways to create a positive educational experi-ence for him/her. The Nominating Committee is taking nominations for the following positions.

PTA Treasurer

Job description: Manage the finances and make monthly reports for the PTA.

Vice President for Membership

Job description: Plan and execute the yearly membership drive.

Recording Secretary

Job description: Attend monthly meeting and prepare agendas and minutes.

Parent representatives for the School Based

Decision Making Council (SBDM) (2 representatives)

Job description: Attend monthly council meetings with administrators and staff to help make a variety of decisions (from staffing and budget to curriculum and policy) for Stonewall Elementary.

We are counting on you to step up and volunteer!

To nominate yourself for these positions, please send a written confirmation of your interest to Kristen Green ([email protected]). Nominations are due by FRIDAY MARCH 30

th and will be presented to the

PTA Board at the April meeting. Contested positions will be voted on in early May. Please feel free to contact Kristen with questions.

WHO MAY RUN IN THIS ELECTION?

For the PTA Executive Board positions, you must be a current member and a have a continuing Stonewall student for the next year. Board positions are 2 year terms. For the SBDM Council, you must be a parent, step-parent, foster parent, or other legal guardian of a student who will be enrolled at Stonewall during the 2018-2019 academic year. SBDM positions are elected yearly.

OTHER WAYS TO HELP!

We are looking for volunteers for SPIRIT WEAR, POPCORN FRIDAYS, HOSPITALITY, LIDS FOR BENCH-ES PROGRAM, ARTS NIGHT COORDINATOR and KROGER CARDS.

Please contact [email protected] for more information!

mailto:[email protected]

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